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These remarkable aerial photographs of the Earth will take children to a world of discovery. The supporting text reveals the fascinating story that each photograph tells.

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Offers a collection of seven classic fairytales that is organized around the theme of the fairytale princess. This title illustrates each fairytale by photographs of intricate paper sculptures cut from the pages of one of seven books, one for each of the fairytales in the collection.

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Reaches into every corner of France, from Normandy to the Riviera, from Picardy to the Pyrenees, revealing in exquisite detail the full extent and exciting diversity of the modern French country garden.

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Why do owners want to open their gardens, and why do people want to visit them This book answers these questions. It offers a worldwide survey of garden philosophies, and the modern phenomenon of garden tourism. It is suitable for garden visitors, garden owners, and garden designers.

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Explores 100 traditional and modern typefaces in detail, with a full spread devoted to each entry. In this title, characters from each typeface are enlarged and annotated to reveal key features, anatomical details, and the finer, often-overlooked elements of type design, which shows how these attributes affect mood and readability.

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A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to hand lettering.

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The city of Timbuktu in modern Mali has been a destination of legend for centuries, ever since the days when camel caravans made epic journeys across the Sahara to trade in salt, gold and slaves in its markets. This book intends to confirm that the manuscripts of Timbuktu as extraordinary treasures.

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Offering a survey of Greek vases, this book sketches their stylistic history. It explores the process of identifying artists; the methods of making and decorating the vases and the problems in doing so; the life of the potter; the pots' dissemination beyond Greece; and their functions in life, cult and as messengers of style and subject.

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Examining the phenomenon of animal jewelry, this book is intended for lovers of jewelry and also for designers and dealers in fine jewelry.

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From the magnificent royal gold jewelry of Burma and Thailand to the simple adornments worn by remote hill people, this book explores the complex cultural landscape of Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines.

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Our protagonist Zach develops a love of reading thanks to the stubborn efforts of his friend Ro, who reveals the imaginative power of books.

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"The Macclesfield Psalter" (c 1335), a jewel of manuscript painting, was unknown before its sale by Sothebys in 2004. This title examines the psalter and its historical context in a commentary.

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A visual and verbal account of 31 villages and islands in Brittany, capturing village life and architecture in commentaries and photographs. The villages are drawn from the four departments of modern-day Brittany: Finistere, Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine and Cotes-d'Armor.

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Featuring 34 of the most picturesque villages from the five "departements" of Normandy, this book also presents special sections on the churches, chateaux, harbours and coastline. A varied region of open country and woodland, it includes Mont-St-Michel and Monet's garden at Giverny.

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With host of new features and ideas from Knacks such as How to Undress in Front of a Lady and How to Roast a Lamb, it also tackles common style concerns such as the best ways to look fresh for the office and dressing for a wedding.

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An illustrated survey of the sari, the unique south Asian textile tradition. The book analyzes sari design, giving a guide to the symbols, patterns and motifs used, with their origins and how they have evolved. It covers the entire Indian subcontinent and thousands of different sari types.

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Includes seven sections that address a range of questions. This title answers such questions as: were the dinosaurs warm-blooded or not; why do mammals rule the earth; how did the eye evolve; and, what will happen to climates in the future.

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The beauty of shells has captivated humans since the earliest times. These gifts of nature have been put to an array of uses - sharpened into tools, ground to make medicines, blown to make music. But above all, the beauty of shells has fired the imagination of artists and craftsmen through the ages.

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A lively introduction to and history of international contemporary art from 1960 to the present.

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Introduces young readers to some of the greatest paintings of all time. This title features twenty world-famous artworks in easy-to-follow chronological order, accompanied by informative texts.

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A fantastic showcase of the cutting-edge designs by visionary architect Hernn Daz Alonso, whose creations are revered by the design world.

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Describing the discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, this book examines the evidence connected with the mummies, including textiles and languages of the Tarim region.

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A visual history of this intriguing artistic period, featuring work by Dix, Grosz, Heartfield, Brecht, and more.

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Shows the reader what it was really like in everybody's favourite film landscape: the American Wild West in the days of Jesse James and Dodge City. This title offers advice on the boarding houses and filthiest saloons, what to eat, what to wear, who to meet and who to avoid and how to get out of Dodge in a hurry if you fail to spot the difference.